Visits to Presidential Sites

12th President, 1849-1850 Zachary Taylor sites visited: Taylor's boyhood home, known as Springfield, can be found at 5608 Apache Road in Louisville, Kentucky. It's a private residence so there are no tours. He has a bust in the Virginia State Capitol. A fort in Key West was named after him. His statue joins the other Presidents in the City of Presidents, Rapid City, South Dakota. Taylor is buried in what is now the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky. His grave is easy to spot because a large monument stands next to it. Taylor was first entombed here, behind his current spot. Today he rests here with his wife, Margaret. Taylor's body was exhumed in 1991 but tested negative for arsenic poisoning. Zachary Taylor was not a politician, had no formal education, and considered the military his career. He fought in the War of 1812, the Black Hawk War, the Second Seminole War, and the Mexican War. He became a national hero in 1847 in the Battle of Buena Vista i...